Written Question·Treasury·UIN 112027

Business Rates: Appeals

Tabled: 9 February 2026
Answered: 23 February 2026
Named Day

Question

John Milne

Liberal DemocratHorsham

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing businesses to continue paying rates based on the previous year's valuation where a newly determined business rates valuation is under

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
If customers disagree with their Rateable Value (as published in the Rating Lists), there is a three-stage process run by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) known as Check, Challenge, Appeal to challenge this. Ratepayers are required to continue paying bus...

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